由Stick Our Fingers In The Dam所表达的意思所想

Stick Our Fingers In The Dam

关于英语词组"stick one's fingers in…"和"participate in…"表达什么意思。在本篇文章中的词组"stick our fingersin…"所表达的意思是否可以等同于词组"participate in…"的意思。将此文章中的最后一个句子:"Presently,all we can do is look atmug shots and stick our fingers in the dam."翻译成:"目前,我们所能做的就是看看罪犯的照片,并参与到构建抑制罪犯的大坝中去。"是正否能在字典中找到依据。在此句子中结尾处的单词"dam."的意思是否可以简单的翻译成"大坝"。在此处的单词"dam."是否还有其他的寓意。"双关语"这种修辞手法在单词"dam."的运用充分表现了作者对现实的愤慨又显示出其行文的幽默和诙谐。

The true meaning of these two phrases：＂stick one＇s fingers in…＂and＂participate in…＂.The author of the reference book told to the readers these two phrases express the same meaning in this sentence：＂Presently,all we can do is look at mug shots and stick our fingers in the dam.＂And we could translant this sentence into Chinese in this way：＂目前,我们所能做的就是看看罪犯的照片,并参与到构建抑制 罪犯的大坝中去。＂I don＇t agree with the author of the reference book.In my opinion the word＂dam.＂here in this sentence is a pun.So this word＂dam.＂here actually means＂ the damage ＂that the robbers gave us.It does＇t simply mean dam in this sentence.